Route 66 song
Route 66 song
(1)________ you ever ( think) about the transport you use every day? (2) __________
(people / use) cars, bikes and trains for hundreds of years or are they a modern
invention? Read my project to find out!
It’s 1783. The Montgolfer brothers (3) ________ (fly) for the first time – in a hot-air
balloon!
It's 1814: George Stevenson's invention is going to change the world. (4)____________
(he / invent) the car, the bus or the train?
It's 1863: London (5) __________ (become) the first city in the world with an
underground railway. At the moment there is only one line! The other lines (6)
__________ (not, / start) running yet.
It's 1876: Lots of people are riding bicycles like this! Cycling (7) _________ (never / be)
be so difficult!
It's 1903: the Wright brothers (8) ________ (design) the first plane with an engine.
It's 1908: Henry Ford (9) _________ (open) the first car factory. Now people can own a
car!
It's 1976: for the first-time passengers (10) ___________ (travel) by Concorde, a new
kind of plane. It's faster than the speed of sound.
It's 1995: the UK and France (11) __________ (finish) building the Channel Tunnel.
There is now a railway line between the two countries which goes under the sea!
Finally, in case you're wondering, George Stevenson invented the train!